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The Psychology of Rage-Driven Social Media: Facts Over Noise in the Abia Debate There is a growing pattern in today’s digital politics: outrage sells. Social media algorithms reward anger, exaggeration and sensational claims because they attract attention, engagement and sometimes even revenue. Unfortunately, this has created a new class of commentators whose strategy is simple—rant first, verify later.But governance should not be evaluated through emotional outbursts or viral posts. The recent attacks claiming that “nothing has been done” in Abia under Governor Alex Otti fall squarely into this rage-driven narrative. The facts tell a different story.Across the state, infrastructure that…